Game Dice

ABSTRACT

A die is used for selecting one out of a number of competitors in a sporting event. The die has a plurality of faces at least some of which have markings representative of the competitors. The die provides a random choice of which of those entities is to selected depending upon positioning of the markings after rolling of the die.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a die which is used to make arandom selection of a competitor in a sporting event.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] When a person makes a selection of a competitor in a sportingevent it is often difficult to make a choice as to which competitor isgoing to win the event. It is not simply a matter of picking the betterperson or team because odds become a factor in the selection. Often, aperson will select a competitor and then later take the position thatthey really should have picked another competitor to have won the event.This can create serious frustrations.

[0003] Some people will select competitors in the same manner that theypick lottery numbers i.e., they will choose based on some type of anindicator which is personal to them but which does not really representanything to do with the event itself. For example, a person not knowinganything about the sporting event but wishing to select a competitor maysimply choose based on the color of the outfit or uniform of thecompetitors involved in the event or some other equally non-criticalfactor.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

[0004] The present invention provides game die which eliminates the needfor a person to make a personal choice of a competitor in a sportingevent in which a plurality of competitors compete against on another byproviding a choice based on a rolling of the die.

[0005] More particularly, the die has a plurality of faces at least someof which have markings representative of the competitors involved in theevent. The die provides a random choice of which of the competitors isto be selected depending upon positioning of the markings after rollingof the die.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0006] The above as well as other advantages and features of the presentinvention will be described in greater detail according to the preferredembodiments of the present invention in which;

[0007]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a competitor selection dieaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

[0008]FIG. 2 is a further perspective view of the competitor selectiondie of FIG. 1 when in a different position from the FIG. 1 position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THEPRESENT INVENTION IN WHICH

[0009] This particular die is a six sided die. In FIG. 1 position faces1, 2 and 3 can be seen on the six sided die. Face 1 is provided with amarking of the letter F, face 2 is provided with a marking of the letterA and face 3 is provided with space for advertising, in this example,advertising for “Joe's Cars”.

[0010]FIG. 2 shows the die in a different position from that seen inFIG. 1. In the FIG. 2 position faces 4, 5 and 6 of the die can be seen.Face 4 is provided with a marking of the letter D, face 5 is providedwith a marking of the letter H and face 6 is provided with space foradvertising, in this example, advertising for “Joe's Cars”.

[0011] Each of the markings referred to above is representative of aspecific characteristic of one of several entities who will be meetingin a sporting event. By way of example only, the sporting event mayinvolve two football teams. One of those teams will be a home team i.e.,playing at its home field and the other will be a visiting or away team.One of those teams will be the favorite and the other team will be theunderdog. The home team may or may not be the favorite and the away teammay or may not be the underdog team.

[0012] In the particular embodiment shown the marking of the letter Fidentifies the favorite team. The marking of the letter H identifies thehome team. The marking of the letter A identifies the away team and themarking of the letter D identifies the underdog (dog) team. Theidentification of “Joe's Cars” is provided on an otherwise blank face ofthe die which is not marked with information relating to either of theteams but which is simply left for advertising space on the die.

[0013] A person wishing to make a selection of a competitor in the eventdoes not have to go through the thought process of rationalizing thechoice or selection but rather simply rolls the die. The person or teamto be selected is chosen through the positioning of the markings on thedie after it is rolled. For example, when the die is rolled to the FIG.1 position the person will select the favorite team in as much as the Fappears on the upper face of the die. If the die is rolled to the FIG. 2position the person will select the underdog (dog) team because themarking D is in the upwardly facing position. If the D face rolls up theunderdog is selected. If the H face rolls up the home team is selected.

[0014] In the event that the marking “Joe's Cars” faces upwardly afterrolling the die the person wishing to make the selection will simplyre-roll the die until one of the competitor representative markingsappears on the upper surface of the die.

[0015] As will be appreciated from the above the team chosen is selectedcompletely at random through the roll of the die.

[0016] Although the drawings specifically show a six sided die, dieshaving other numbers of faces can equally as well be used. Furthermore,other identifying markings different from those disclosed in thepreferred embodiments can be provided on the various different faces ofthe die.

[0017] Accordingly, although various preferred embodiments of thepresent invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciatedby those skilled in the art that variations may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:
 1. A selector die for usein a sporting event in which a plurality of competitors compete againstone another, said die having die faces with markings representative ofthe competitors, the die providing a random choice of which of thecompetitors is to be selected depending upon positioning of the markingsafter rolling of the die.
 2. A die as claimed in claim 1 wherein onlysome of the faces of the die are provided with said markings and othersof the faces of said die provide advertising space.
 3. A die as claimedin claim 1 when used for selecting one of two competitors playing oneanother and wherein the markings representative of the competitorsinclude a home team marking, an away team marking, a favorite teammarking and an underdog (dog) team marking.
 4. A die as claimed in claim3 wherein said home team marking is indicated by the letter H, the awayteam marking is indicated by the letter A, the favorite team marking isindicated by the letter F and the underdog (dog) team marking isindicated by the letter D.